15-letter words containing d, i, a, c, r, t
- cardinal points — the four main points of the compass: north, south, east, and west
- cardinal system — a system of coding navigational aids by shape, color, and number, according to their positions relative to navigational hazards.
- cardinal virtue — anything considered to be an important or characteristic virtue: Tenacity is his cardinal virtue.
- cartesian diver — a glass vessel partially filled with water and covered with an airtight membrane, containing a hollow object that is open at the bottom and contains just enough air to allow it to float. Pressing on the membrane compresses the air in the vessel and forces water into the object, causing it to sink; releasing the membrane causes it to rise.
- cartesian doubt — willful suspension of all interpretations of experience that are not absolutely certain: used as a method of deriving, by elimination of such uncertainties, axioms upon which to base theories.
- cartridge brass — brass composed of about 70 percent copper and 30 percent zinc.
- cartridge paper — an uncoated type of drawing or printing paper, usually made from bleached sulphate wood pulp with an addition of esparto grass
- cathedral choir — the choir, traditionally consisting of boys and men, that sings in cathedral services
- cattle breeding — the science or business of breeding and raising cattle
- centipede grass — a slow-growing grass, Eremochloa ophiuroides, introduced into the U.S. from China and used for lawns in warm areas.
- central sudanic — a group of languages belonging to the Nilo-Saharan family, spoken in the northeastern Democratic Republic of the Congo, northern Uganda, southern Sudan, Chad, and the Central African Republic, and including Mangbetu.
- chesterfieldian — of or like Lord Chesterfield; suave; elegant; polished
- chicken-hearted — easily frightened; cowardly
- child battering — child abuse in the form of battering
- child restraint — a device used to protect a child in a motor vehicle
- child-battering — the physical abuse of a child by a parent or guardian, as by beating.
- child-resistant — that resists being opened, tampered with, or damaged by a child; childproof: a child-resistant medicine cabinet.
- chinese mustard — brown mustard.
- chorda tendinea — any of the tendons extending from the papillary muscles to the atrioventricular valves and preventing the valves from moving into the atria during ventricular contraction.
- christadelphian — a member of a Christian millenarian sect founded in the US about 1848, holding that only the just will enter eternal life, that the wicked will be annihilated, and that the ignorant, the unconverted, and infants will not be raised from the dead
- chromium-plated — having been plated with chromium
- cinematographed — a motion-picture projector.
- circumambulated — Simple past tense and past participle of circumambulate.
- circumnavigated — Simple past tense and past participle of circumnavigate.
- ciudad trujillo — former name (1936–61) of Santo Domingo.
- ciudad victoria — a city in E central Mexico, capital of Tamaulipas state. Pop: 285 000 (2005 est)
- claims adjuster — A claims adjuster is someone who is employed by an insurance company to decide how much money a person making a claim should receive.
- class president — the student president of a school or college class
- climb indicator — an instrument that shows the rate of ascent or descent of an aircraft, operating on a differential pressure principle.
- closed interval — an interval on the real line including its end points, as [0, 1], the set of reals between and including 0 and 1
- codetermination — joint participation of management and employees or employees' trade union representatives in some decisions
- cognitive radio — a radio that can automatically alter frequency, power, modulation, etc, according to where it is located
- coldwater-river — a river in NW Mississippi, flowing S to the Tallahatchie River. 220 miles (354 km) long.
- committal order — the document that commits someone to prison
- commodity trade — trade in raw materials and food
- common disaster — the death of an insured party and a beneficiary occurring at the same time in the same accident.
- computer dating — the use of computers by dating agencies to match their clients
- considerateness — showing kindly awareness or regard for another's feelings, circumstances, etc.: a very considerate critic.
- consideratively — in a considerative manner
- contract bridge — the most common variety of bridge, in which the declarer receives points counting towards game and rubber only for tricks he bids as well as makes, any overtricks receiving bonus points
- contradictively — tending or inclined to contradict; involving contradiction; contradictory.
- contradictorily — asserting the contrary or opposite; contradicting; inconsistent; logically opposite: contradictory statements.
- contraindicated — not advisable because of contraindications
- contrast medium — a radiopaque substance, such as barium sulphate, used to increase the contrast of an image in radiography
- coordinate bond — a type of covalent chemical bond in which both the shared electrons are provided by one of the atoms
- corn-root aphid — an aphid, Anuraphis maidiradicis, that lives as a symbiont in colonies of cornfield ants and feeds on the roots of corn: an agricultural pest.
- corrugated iron — a thin structural sheet made of iron or steel, formed with alternating ridges and troughs
- country dancing — Country dancing is traditional dancing in which people dance in rows or circles.
- covaledictorian — A graduating student who shares the position of valedictorian with another student.
- credibility gap — A credibility gap is the difference between what a person says or promises and what they actually think or do.